GEO Group, a private prison company, signed a contract to give ICE use of Delaney Hall and “support services” like security, maintenance, food services, etc. in exchange for over $60 mil/yr
But it is the detainees—not GEO Group—who actually do that work, for free
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What an incredible photo of the scorekeeper for the Durham Bulls.
My colleague @hannahalothman.bsky.social is in Belfast tonight. This is what she’s seen.
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The Delaney Hall Strike participants haven’t been convicted of anything—and are still being forced to work for nothing.
We as a society have not reckoned with how Sideshow Bob misgendered Bart
Months of discourse and it’s like “the same amount of people that are at the Pride Parade in West Hollywood” voted in this thing
this is correct
A 40% pay increase, the right to walk off the job if federal agents (i.e. CBP/ICE) pose a threat to them *and* the contract expires in April 2028 so they can demand more ahead of the Olympics.
Shoutout Local 11, shoutout unions.
Don’t think I have the steady nerves needed to watch a Cubs game rn
Mayor Scott Furgeson was caught on camera saying of the “No Data Center” signs going up that, “I’ve seen a lot of these all over town, but I only see them in shitty houses,” before adding, “most of them are rentals.”
